Comments on: Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

By: Ram

Ram — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:21:59 +0000

Mark, love your blog in general, but this post a struck a chord. like you, I am a current ChicagoBooth MBA, and my wife's a Wharton MBA, and we lived in San Diego and worked for a large technology company starting with Q. I am not a CS, but a EE, and work for intern at a prominent VC fund in Boston. While the MBA is truly not required, my experience is that is adds a TON of Credibility (another C that could be substituted for Certificate). I frankly don't think I am any smarter (in terms of raw intelligence) now, than I was 1 year ago, but people are willing to give me 15 minutes of their time, when I can get my foot in the door and then pitch myself. At the end of it, the reason for getting an offer is my past work experience, but the MBA adds that crucial bit of color on my potential that for better or for worse did not happen pre-Chicago.

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By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:13:20 +0000

Your post has definitely triggered some more thoughts and I hope to write them down in another post sometime soon.

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:12:28 +0000

Loved the post. I wrote a rather short one sometime back and that was more relevant for the way MBAs chose their elective subjects (http://gottabreakfree.com/2010/11/03/5-subjects-every-mba-should-take/). Nevertheless, overall I feel an MBA is desirable but not mandatory. What matters most eventually is that the right person has a "feel" for what you are setting out to achieve as an organization.

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Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:58:31 +0000

[...] buy at the wrong times. Most of my MBA classes were a waste (since I had studied economics as an undergrad) but one totally changed my thinking. It was an [...]

By: Owning the conversation – Who is Farhan Lalji?

Owning the conversation – Who is Farhan Lalji? — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:57:01 +0000

[...] was definitely ROI positive already, and I don’t mean just financial returns. Mark Suster has a great post on MBAs for start ups / VCs which is a pretty good read and goes through what you get out of an MBA later on in the post – [...]

By: Owning the discussion – Who is Farhan Lalji?

Owning the discussion – Who is Farhan Lalji? — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:55:59 +0000

[...] what you get out of an MBA later on in the post – read through long enough and you’ll find a comment from yours truly – Mark uses Disqus, go [...]

By: msuster

msuster — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:17:08 +0000

Wow. Awesome list. Love it. Only wish it were commented earlier so everyone who read the post would see it. I hope future readers of this post scroll this far down – you're comments are spot on.

By: msuster

msuster — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:17:08 +0000

Wow. Awesome list. Love it. Only wish it were commented earlier so everyone who read the post would see it. I hope future readers of this post scroll this far down – you're comments are spot on.

By: msuster

msuster — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:17:08 +0000

Wow. Awesome list. Love it. Only wish it were commented earlier so everyone who read the post would see it. I hope future readers of this post scroll this far down – you're comments are spot on.